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<blockquote data-quote="Vyvyan Basterd" data-source="post: 5933843" data-attributes="member: 4892">Seeing that I really enjoyed running a horde of 100 ghouls against a high-level AD&amp;D party, me.Sure. But you can choose to move on to bigger threats, while the DM running a campaign centering on a human nation's conflict with goblin tribes isn't forced to use increasingly leveled goblins just to challenge the party. There is no downside to you, you don't have to keep using goblins.The depth would have to come from other sources. For example, breaking down the Gates of Hell wouldn't just be &quot;Break Portcullis - DC 21.&quot; You might need to gather sources of power or components that are too difficult to acquire for low-level characters.Or the increase in damage isn't a large as you assume. It could take a 1st-level PC 10 good axe swings to break down the iron-bound wooden door while the 20th-level character does it in three. Depends on how fast damage scales.Or, in the case of the Tarrasque, requiring a wish to permanently kill it. Not many low-level armies with wish spells.And monster abilities can come into play. If the Tarrasque can Rampage (move through enemy squares, attacking each that you pass through), it can probably attack a couple or a few hig-level party members in a single attack. Against a low-level army in formation? Devastation as one would expect when fighting Godzilla.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Vyvyan Basterd, post: 5933843, member: 4892"] Seeing that I really enjoyed running a horde of 100 ghouls against a high-level AD&D party, me. Sure. But you can choose to move on to bigger threats, while the DM running a campaign centering on a human nation's conflict with goblin tribes isn't forced to use increasingly leveled goblins just to challenge the party. There is no downside to you, you don't have to keep using goblins. The depth would have to come from other sources. For example, breaking down the Gates of Hell wouldn't just be "Break Portcullis - DC 21." You might need to gather sources of power or components that are too difficult to acquire for low-level characters. Or the increase in damage isn't a large as you assume. It could take a 1st-level PC 10 good axe swings to break down the iron-bound wooden door while the 20th-level character does it in three. Depends on how fast damage scales. Or, in the case of the Tarrasque, requiring a [I]wish[/I] to permanently kill it. Not many low-level armies with wish spells. And monster abilities can come into play. If the Tarrasque can Rampage (move through enemy squares, attacking each that you pass through), it can probably attack a couple or a few hig-level party members in a single attack. Against a low-level army in formation? Devastation as one would expect when fighting Godzilla. [/QUOTE]

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